Disney World Castle
Good morning to all of you. It’s a wonderful Disney world castle found at Florida, United States. These fantastic day and night reflections was taken last month. Cinderella Castle is the famous fairytale castle found at Florida, United States. According to Wikipedia the castle was completed last July 1971 after 18 months of construction. The height reaches to 189 feet tall. This amazing castle appears to be made of white and gray stone with royal blue roofs on their turrets. You can see the tops with several towers and two of the tallest spires are made with real gold and gold leaf.
You know what? There is no bricks were used in this castle. The inner structure is constructed of six-hundred tons of steel braced frame construction. The ten inch thick reinforced concrete wall encircles the structure to the full height of the outermost “stone” walls. All of the steel and concrete works are supported on a concrete drilled caisson foundation. In spite of the fact that this is not a genuine fortress, it is the next best thing structurally speaking. Much less fiberglass is used than is popularly supposed. Rather, most of the exterior is a thick, very hard fiber-reinforced gypsum plaster that is supported by light gauge metal studs. Most fiberglass work is reserved for the exterior walls of more ornate upper towers. The roofs are not fiberglass, either. They are shingled in the same type of plastic that computer monitor shells are made from, attached to a cone of light gauge steel sheeting over the steel sub-frame.
These towers were lifted by crane, then welded and bolted permanently to the main structure. Contrary to a popular legend, the Castle cannot be taken apart in the event of a hurricane. It would take months to disassemble, it would be too dangerous to operate the 300 foot (91.4 m) crane required in windy conditions, and there would have to be a safer building to keep it in; it was simpler to design it to handle a hurricane. It can easily withstand the 110 mph (175 km/h) design wind speeds in Central Florida with a great deal of strength in reserve.
During sunsets, the castle is illuminated in 16.7 million colors, thanks to Vari-Lite intelligent lighting fixtures placed on different Castle levels and surrounding the castle. The castle itself plays a role in the Magic Kingdom’s fireworks show, Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams, in which it changes color in synchronization with the dramatic music of the display. The same color changing and effects occurs for the other fireworks shows: Hallo Wishes (in Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party), Magic, Music and Mayhem (during Disney’s Pirate and Princess Party) and the Christmas fireworks show Holiday Wishes during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.
Source: Wikipedia
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